Category: moon

‘Strawberry Moon’ on June 24 Will Be the Last Supermoon of 2021—Here’s What You Need to Know:

Hot on the heels of the summer solstice, this month’s full moon rises on June 24. Known as the “Strawberry Moon,” June’s lunar marker will also be a supermoon. For many, pending clear skies, the celestial spectacle will be visible from the comfort of home. The Strawberry supermoon will reach peak illumination at 2:40 p.m. ET…


16-Year-Old Creates Incredible Image of the Moon Using 50,000+ Photos: ‘It Almost Killed My Laptop’

An incredibly detailed image of the Moon was composed by an Indian teen, who captured 55,000 images—racking up over 186 gigabytes on his laptop in the process—for a pastiche of celestial proportions. Sixteen-year-old Prathamesh Jaju from Pune, Maharashtra, shared his HDR (high-dynamic range) image of a waning crescent moon on Instagram. He admitted that amassing…


Uncontrolled Chinese Rockets May Also Target the Moon

Commentary China apparently plans to cause recurrent waves of panic by launching uncontrolled rockets that threaten people on Earth, and soon, also on the Moon. At first, Chinese space officials thought that the country’s 20-ton Long March-5 booster stage would impact in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea on May 9, causing concern in Israel, but it…


Man Captures Amazing Pictures of Planes Flying in Front of the Moon From His Back Garden

An astonishing series of photos appear to show passenger planes heading to a very unusual location—the moon. Despite being out of this world, the stunning snaps were actually taken by one man from his back garden. Sebastien Lebrigand, 47, uses a camera and a telescope to capture the images—all from his little garden in Crépy-en-Valois near…


Photographer Shooting Full Moon Accidentally Snaps Passenger Jet Flying Across Silvery Lunar Sphere

A surreal photograph shows a passenger jet silhouetted dramatically in the night sky—as it flies across the center of the full moon in a “once-in-a-lifetime” shot. Photographer Ralph Symth, 57, had set up his camera to photograph the once-a-year “snow moon”—the name given to the full moon that occurs in February. But Ralph ended up…


NASA to Test Rocket Engines That Could Eventually Send Humans to the Moon

NASA on Thursday will ignite the engines on a rocket that Boeing built to eventually launch Artemis missions to the moon after a previous test in January was cut short. NASA plans to conduct the engine test during a two-hour window that starts at 3 p.m. EDT (1900 GMT) at its Stennis Space Center in…